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An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
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An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
Like I said everything looks like a weapon to a cop, a cellphone, a walking stick of a blind man. Etc. even the sound of an acorn hitting the roof of a car sounds like a weapon.
They recovered the gun that was pointed at him. It looks exactly like a gun. It’s not a real gun, but you cant make that distinction in the time it takes to pull the trigger. You either shoot now, or potentially die. Those are the cops options.
And that’s what you get when the police have only six months training.
Shoot first, investigate themselves later.